With three hundred and sixteen (316) road deaths recorded since the start of the year, persons are being urged to exercise caution when using the roadways, especially over the long Heroes’ Holiday Weekend.

Vice Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, NRSC, Dr. Lucien Jones made the appeal, following the deaths of 2 men along the North-South Highway, last evening.

Dead are 31-year-old Romario Walker of Phoenix Park Village in St. Catherine and 56-year-old Rayon Grant of Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11.

The crash occurred in the vicinity of Angels, Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Reports from the Ferry Police are that at about 8:15pm, Grant was driving a white Subaru Legacy motor vehicle in a southerly direction, when the car collided with a grey Subaru Impreza which was being driven by Walker in the opposite direction.

Upon impact both vehicles caught fire.

Walker and Grant sustained multiple injuries and were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Expressing sadness at the tragedy, Dr. Jones said road users must be vigilant. 

He renewed the appeal for all stakeholders to work together to reduce road crashes.